Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
Why are these stylish women posing with scientific instruments? Instrument makers in the 1960s used “lovely ladies” to sell their wares, an advertising ploy that’s still around today.
Join Distillations podcast host Alexis Pedrick as Science History Institute staff members share their favorite objects from our museum, archival, and library collections.
On today’s episode of Distillations we investigate the science of sweet sound.
An interest in the pharmacological nature of food led Jessica Zinskie, a postdoctoral researcher at Rowan University, to study the genetics of yeast and the evolution of beer.
Scientists created an effective male birth control pill in the 1950s, but it had one undesirable side effect.
Though often celebrated, the adventurous First Lady never received full credit for her scientific accomplishments.
